Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2009 · 37 citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsOpticsStellar AstronomyGravitational CollapseNeutron StarsStellar EvolutionX-ray OpticsX-ray TelescopesHard X-ray OpticsHard X-ray SpectroscopyHard X-ray TelescopesReflectivitySpectral Resolution EnhancementTelescope Array DesignX-ray Focusing OpticsX-ray Optics Testing
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is a NASA satellite mission scheduled for launch in 2011. Using focusing optics with multilayer coating for enhanced reflectivity of hard X-rays (6-79 keV), NuSTAR will provide a combination of clarity, sensitivity and spectral resolution surpassing the largest observatories in this band by orders of magnitude. This advance will allow NuSTAR to test theories of how heavy elements are born, discover collapsed stars and black holes on all scales and explore the most extreme physical environments. We will present an overview of the NuSTAR optics design and production process and detail the optics performance.
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Optimizations of Pt/SiC and W/Si multilayers for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
Kristin K. Madsen, Fiona A. Harrison, Peter H. Mao et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2009 · 43 citations · Full text
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